SK Hynix Inc. is accelerating the launch of its next-generation AI memory chips after Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang asked the South Korean supplier if it can provide samples six months earlier than originally planned,

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had asked memory chip maker SK Hynix to bring forward by six months the supply of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips called HBM4, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said on Monday.

The chief executive of artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia Corp. on Monday stressed the importance of its partnership with SK hynix Inc. to develop more advanced AI accelerators, saying "aggressive" development of advanced high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips is needed.